William tyree



(No Model.)

W. TYRBE.

APPARATUS FOR HBAVING LINES 011 BOPES.

No. 561,295. Patented June 2, 1896 jmvgnio 7": Wfziinamarx 1 RNQMOMW hisflitmflgJ- ANDREW B.GRAHAM. PNOTOU'I'HQWASHINGIDNRC.

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' WILLIAM TYREE, or WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND.

APPARATUS FOR HEAV ING LINES OR ROPES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,295, dated June 2,1896.

Application filed September '7, 1895. Serial No. 561,770. (No model.)Patented in England November 28, 1895,N0.18,466.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM TYREE, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at 4:2 Lambton Quay, in the city of fellington, in theColony of New Zealand, have invented new or Improved Apparatus forHeaving Lines or Hopes, (for which I have obtained a patent in GreatBritain, dated November 23, 1895, No. 18,460,) of which the following isa specification.

My apparatus is illustrated on the accompanying sheet of drawings, onwhich- Figure 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 an end view, of my apparatus.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both the figures.

a is the deck of the ship or the platform on which the apparatus restsand is fastened by a pin or bolt Z), on which bolt as a center theapparatus can be turned or swiveled to direct the missile to the rightor-left, as desired.

a is a plate, made preferably of wroughtiron, which carries an uprightc, to which is attached an upright rack or ratchet bar for a purpose tobe hereinafter described.

0 is a jaw or joint forming a part of or fastened to the plate 0, towhich are hinged two frames cl, stayed together at a short distanceapart by stays d and resting by a spring-pawl (1 upon the teeth of theratchet or rack c. It will be evident that by this arrangement theframes cl can move in the joint 0 while their opposite ends can beraised or lowered by the spring-pawl (1 e is a standard or red, ofsteel, supported at the free end of the frames cl and formed into aspiral spring at 6, so that it can be depressed into the position shownby the dotted lines and held in that position by a catch or trigger f,which has a hand-rope f attached to it. 011 the outer extremity of thisrod 6 is fixed a plate 9 fitted with a pin or hook e to re ceive andhold loosely the end of the line to be thrown, and which is generallyprovided with a weight or ring e g are a set of blocks and falls toassist in lowering the rod e from its position.

The standard e is stopped by the cross-stay cl in a position at rightangles to the frame (Z, the said frame having the upwardly-extend ingportions d The action of my apparatus is as follows: The whole beingheld to the deck by the pin 1) and set at the desired position to rightor left, according to the place to which it is required to throw theline, the frames d are elevated in the rack 0, so as to be at the properelevation to throw the said line to the desired distance. The spring-rode is .then drawn down to the position shown in dotted lines and fastenedby the catch or trigger f. The weight or loop of the line to be thrownis then placed on the pin or hook 6 When the trigger or hook fis pulledby the hand-line f, the rod 6 will throw the end of the line 4" oranything attached to it to the spot for which the machine is set. Itwill be evident that the rope r may be of any length. Moreover, the rackor ratchet 0 may be replaced by a rack and pinion, and the block andfalls 9 may be dispensed with and the steel rod 6 lowered by hand orother well-known means.

hat I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In combination, the base, the frame pivoted thereto, the rack andpawl for holding the free end of the pivoted frame adj ustably, thespring-rod carried by the pivoted frame and adjustable therewith, therope-holder on the spring-rod and the trigger for controlling therelease of the spring-rod, substantially as described. 7 V7 2. Incombination in a heaving or linethrowing device, the base-plate, theframe pivoted thereto, means for holding the frame in different inclinedpositions, a spring-rod supported at the free end of the pivoted frameand a stop on the frame for limiting the movement of the spring-rod to aposition substantially at right angles to the frame (I, substantially asdescribed.

3. In combination, in a heaving or linethrowing apparatus, thebase-plate c, the twopart frame d pivoted thereto and having thenpwardly-extendin g portions,the sprin g-rod 6 supported at the free endof the frame, means for adjusting the inclination of the frame (Z andmeans for holding and releasing the spring-arm, and the cross-brace d atthe upper part of the upwardly-extending portions of the frame, saidupwardly-extending portions of the frame with the cross-brace d beingcarried on the free end of the said frame, substantially as described.

' WILLIAM TYRElE.

Witnesses:

W. E. HUGHES, W. ALEXANDER.

